Further disadvantages with the Combined Olympic format

The Olympics 2020 have been a hot topic recently, and that is mainly due to the format which has been suggested. There have been several articles on 8a discussing it but not all has been said yet. Further disadvantages of the suggested Combined Olympics format are: 1. The guys qualifying for the Olympic will most probably not make it to the Speed quarter final during World Cups and the World Championships. Sean McColl is the only athlete that has been training and competing in Speed lately and he is almost 50% slower compared to those who do only speed. This means that the guys competing in the Olympics will have little or no experience to compete in the knock out rounds. 2. During the Olympics, the most important round in Speed will be the Top-16 first knock out. The Top-2 final will have almost no importance for the Combined final ranking, creating no excitement for the speed final, especially if one speed pro qualifies for the Olympic. 3. It will be hard to find organisations for running World Cups based on the Olympic format. During the Olympics, only 30 + 30 competitors will participate but in a World Cup, at least three times as many will take part. 4. IFSC has divided the competition season so it starts with Bouldering and finishes with Lead. Now this will be changed into a mix of everything for the whole 2019 season. This means that the athletes will have to train Lead, Speed and Boulder, which in many ways are their opposites. This will have a negative impact on their maximum performances outdoors and also on each individual discipline, creating a space for the non Olympic guys to win. 5. The Olympic format will not be so endurance based if there will just be one qualification and then one final round. The World Championship will be much more endurance based as the top athletes will participate in two semifinals as well, spending many more hours in isolation. 6. Some might argue that during the World Cups it will be impossible to run the Olympic format and instead it will just be a combination of Lead/Boulder and Speed, as it already is today. However, this format will not measure who is the best for the Olympic format where you have to train and prepare for all three disciplines simultaneously.